Cigar-box attachment



' Patented Sept. I3, |893. RI. R. GBINSFELDER. CIGR BOX ATTACHMENT. (Application Bled Apr. 13` 1898.) (No Model.)

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 610,807, dated September 13, 1898. Application iiled April. 13, 1898. Serial No. 677,415. (No model.)

To cir/ZZ whom iv may concern.-

Be it known that I, JOSEPH R. GRINs- FELDER, of Spokane, in the county of Spokane and State of Washington, have invented a new and Improved Attachment for Cigar- Boxes, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The object of my invention is to provide a simple, economic, and durable `device capable of being expeditiously attached to a cover of a cigar-box and which willA serve to hold the cover open and at an angle to the body of the box and to support a price-card or a card of any description, the price-card being so supported by the device that it will not interfere with the reading of a label upon the inner face of the cover.

Another object of the invention is to so construct the device that when it is applied to a cigar-box lid or cover the box may be handled by the said lid or cover without interfering in the slightest with the device on the cover or lid or shifting it materially from the position in which it was placed. Y

The invention consists in the novel construction and combination of the several parts, as will be hereinafter fully set forth, and pointed out in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of an open cigar-box, illustrating the attachment as applied thereto. Fig. 2 is a vertical transverse section on the line 2 2 of Fig. 1, showing the attachment in edge view; and Fig. 3 is a detail perspective view of the attachment.

The attachment is made, preferably, of spring sheet metal and comprises a body A, a tongue B, and a lip for the said tongue. The body A is provided with a more or less concaved back surface and a more or less convexed front surface or face, and from a point at each side of the center of the body to and through its lower edge cuts are made, producing the ltongue B, which tongue is bent upwardly upon itself, so that the rear face of the tongue will be opposed to the upper face of the body. The formation of the tongue provides two legs 10 at the lower portion of clination which is the reverse of the inclination of the upper portion of the body A. A lip 14 is struck out from the tongue longitudinally thereof and at the center. The upper end of the lip 14 is the free end, and the said free end of the lip is preferably somewhat rounded and is carried forwardly from the front face of the tongue. The upper edge 13 of the tongue is pointed and the sides leading to the point may be more or less sharpened, if desired.

In the application of the device the cover of the cigar-box is opened and the tongue B is forced through the hinge-strip connecting the cover to the body at a point preferably about midway between the ends of the cover. The lip 14I is carried within the opening in the tongue, .from which it normally extends, and the tongue is forced farther upward, so that the lip will likewise pass through the said hinge. The tongue is continued to be forced upward until the hinged end of the cover shall have been neatly received and rmly held within the clamping-section or base portion 12 of the tongue. The body will now be at the back of the cover, serving as a support therefor, and the feet 1l of the body will bear against the back of the body of the box, as clearly shown in Fig. 2, while the tongue will have practically an upright position and will be so removed from the front face of the cover as not to interfere with the reading of any matter that may be produced on the cover. the cover is supported in its upright position and is rendered so stiff that the box even when filled may be readily handled by means of the cover, and it is furthermore evident that a price-card C orkits `equivalent when passed between the lips 14 and the tongue B, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, will be firmly held in a position to be clearly read.

The device is exceedingly simple. It is It will thus be observed that IOO durable and economic, and, as above stated, it may be readily applied to any cigar-box or to a box of like character.

Having thus described my invention, l

claim as`new and desire to secure by Letters described.

2. A cigar-box attachment constructed of a single piece of spring material and comprising a body-plate bifurcated at its lower end, its front face being convexed and its rear face coneaved, each member of the bodyplate terminating in a forwardly-extending foot, and a tongue extending from between the members of the body-plate and forwardly and longitudinally of the front face of the body-plate, the said tongue being pointed at its upper end and provided with a lip whose upper edge extends beyond the vertical plane of the front face of the said tongue, as and for the purpose specified.

3. A cigar-box attachment constructed of a spring material, comprising a body-plate having its back concaved and its front conveXed, the lower portion of the body-plate being bifurcated, each member terminating in a forwardly and downwardly extended pointed foot, and a tongue extending from the body-plate between the members thereof, the said tongue being carried upwardly and inwardly, forming a lower or base clampingsection, the tongue being given an upward and outward inclination from the said clamping-section, and a lip formed from the said tongue, the free end whereof is out of the vertical plane of the front face of the said tongue, for the purpose specified.

JOSEPH R. GRINSFELDER.

Witnesses:

JAS. MoGoUGAN, Mosn OPPENHEIMER. 

